Today, my nephew is visiting, and my mom decided that it’s a Grandma-Grandson-cookie-making kind of day. The cookie of choice is a spritz, which can be flavored a few different ways depending on your choice of “extract of ___”. Our favorite flavor is almond, but since that’s a fairly strong flavor for a little guy, we decided to make vanilla spritz with my nephew today.
Here’s the recipe:
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- Sprinkles
Cream the butter and granulated sugar together. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Gradually stir in flour and salt. Using a cookie press, press dough into various shapes onto cold ungreased cookie sheets.
Sprinkle with, well, sprinkles…
Bake in a preheated 400°F oven for 8 minutes until the edges are lightly browned. Then, cool on racks.
Of course, if your little nephew is over, you may not be able to see the edges of the cookie…
And of course, we couldn’t wait to see him take his first bite of a spritz!
The first bite…
“DELICIOUS!”
All in all, a successful day with Grandma! Hooray for family!
